#2C97B9#2C97B9

#2C97B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C97B9
RGB	rgb(44, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -18.22, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 31.92, 235.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0761 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.106 224)
XYZ	xyz(20.8586, 26.1690, 49.8413)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C97B9 #B94E2C

analogous

#2CB994 #2C97B9 #2C51B9

triadic

#2C97B9 #B92C97 #97B92C

tetradic

#2C97B9 #942CB9 #B94E2C #51B92C

square

#2C97B9 #942CB9 #B94E2C #51B92C

split-complementary

#2C97B9 #B92C51 #B9942C

monochromatic

#144656 #206F88 #2C97B9 #4DB4D5 #7FC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2C97B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2C97B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C97B9

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C97B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C97B9	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c97b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5ce',
    500: '#2c97b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c97b9;
$custom-light: #7bb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c97b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63209,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.26171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C97B9

secondary

#C98B78

accent

#6A43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C97B9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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